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No I'm not dead (as of time of typing)

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:48 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Since I know you will all be worried if I vanish for a time (ahem) . . . Margaretta and I are off to visit friends in South Africa and some assorted relations in the UK, starting tomorrow. We'll be back at the end of March. I may be able to post occasionally from the electrically-disadvantaged republic of Mzansi but only as a public service of kindness to all who miss me. No one.

Re: No I'm not dead (as of time of typing)

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:02 pm
by BoSoxGal
You can be an insufferable jerk sometimes, but I value you anyway and will miss you.

Have a lovely trip hope it’s nice and warm in SA.

Re: No I'm not dead (as of time of typing)

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:13 pm
by Long Run
Safe travels. Enjoy the trip!

Re: No I'm not dead (as of time of typing)

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:35 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
BoSoxGal wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:02 pm
You can be an insufferable jerk sometimes, but I value you anyway and will miss you.

Have a lovely trip hope it’s nice and warm in SA.
Heavens, you sound just like my wife. :lol:

Thank you

Re: No I'm not dead (as of time of typing)

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:50 pm
by Joe Guy
Thanks for the heads-up and enjoy your trip.

I try to post here occasionally just to confirm whether or not I'm still alive. Some days I don't see a post here from me and it makes me worry that I might be ill or dead or something.

Re: No I'm not dead (as of time of typing)

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:19 am
by Econoline
Hey, everyone "can be IS an insufferable jerk sometimes" (isn't that why we're all members of this forum? i.e, so that our IRL loved ones/acquaintances don't divorce/murder/maim us ;) ).

That said, bon voyage, enjoy the southern-hemispheric weather, and come back safe and well, both of you.

(And try to check in here, occasionally, if possible.)

:ok

Re: No I'm not dead (as of time of typing)

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:48 am
by Bicycle Bill
Have a good time ... safe journey, and all that rot.   Check in if you can, and thanks for the heads-up.
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Re: No I'm not dead (as of time of typing)

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:41 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Joe Guy wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:50 pm
Thanks for the heads-up and enjoy your trip.

I try to post here occasionally just to confirm whether or not I'm still alive. Some days I don't see a post here from me and it makes me worry that I might be ill or dead or something.
"I post, therefore I am"? The objection is that it presupposes the existence of an "I" doing the thinking in the post. Since we've all noted the total absence of thought in those, you may indeed be deceased*


*or never to have existed

Re: No I'm not dead (as of time of typing)

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:55 pm
by No Greater Fool
Safe journey.

Re: No I'm not dead (as of time of typing)

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:22 am
by Bicycle Bill
MajGenl.Meade wrote:
Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:41 pm
"I post, therefore I am"?
Y'know, that makes me wonder about a time that is going to come to all of us — and I've been doing a lot of that since learning about Katie Barefoot.  Should my posts here suddenly cease, would anyone notice — (I'd like to think so) — and would they know the reason why?

I'm quite sure that none of you know who I am (actual name, address, phone number, name and location of closest living relative, etc) IRL , and even if someone does, I doubt highly that they would somehow catch the half-inch in the obit section of the local bird-cage liner that would note my demise.  So I'm thinking I should include a message with log-ins and passwords for some of the sites, boards, and groups I frequent and pass that along to my next-of-kin or attorney, along with instructions to post a 'farewell' post so that my disappearance will at least be accompanied with an explanation.
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